Gearing



H. SIEBEN.

- GEARING.

APPUCATION FILED JUNE 4.1921. 1,423,03?.

Patented J uly 18, 1922..

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GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4.1921.

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HENRY SIEPBN', 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSORI.

- GEARENG.

Specification of Letters Patent. Ptmtgd July 18', 11922,

Application led June 4, 1921. Serial No. 474,913.

To aZZwwm t may Concern: n

lBe it known tha't I, HENRY SIEBEN, a citlzen of the Unitedv States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and s State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gearing; and l do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,\ reference being had -to the accompanying drawings, and to the figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part.

of this specification.

rlhis invention relates to gearing and particularly to a gearing whereby a drive shaft may drlve two oppositely located, aligning shafts in reversed direction through Aintermeshing gears, which ,may be normally out` of clutch engagementQor driving engagement with the shaft but which may be caused to receive motion therefrom through the medium of certain clutch mechanisms associated therewith.

rlheyinvention is particularly applicable for use in connection with washing machines in which the power shaft of the washing machine may transmit motion to a wringer shaft or to a mangle shaft, the

wringer and mangle shafts being adapted toV be operated reversiblyfupon the shifting of a clutch and said shafts are adapted to be alternately driven so that when one is operated, the other is stationary and vice versa.

The novel arrangement of the gearing is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the driving mechanism of a washing machine to which my invent-ion is applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the washing machine driving mechanism particularly illustrating a clutch actuator.

Fig. 3 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through the gearing, the shafts and clutches being shown in elevation, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

The drive shaft 1 may receive its motion from any suitable means and it is mounted in hearings, 2 and 3 in a casting 4, which is provided `with a boxelike chamber in which` walls 5 and 6 of the chamber 7 carried by the casting 4 are provided with shaft bearings 'and 9, im which the aligning gearcarrying shafts 10 and 11 are mounted.

Connected to the inner end of Ythe shaft-J 10 is al gear 12, having spaced from but opposite to it, a complementary gear 13 on the shaft 11. The gears 12 and 13 mesh with the gears 14 and 15 respectively on the shaft 1, the gear 14 being above the gear 15 and diametrically opposite it 'with its axis at right angles to the axis of the gears 12 and 13 so that a box-like gearing is formed with the teeth of the respective gears meshing sok that a continuous train of gears is provided.

The gears 14 and 15 are provided with clutch faces 16`and 17 adapted to be en aged by the clutch faces 18 and 19 on the ongitudinally slidable clutch member 20 within the space formed. by the gears, the clutch having a circumferential groove 21 to be engaged by the eccentric finger 22 on the clutch actuator shaft 23 provided exteriorly of the housing or chamber 7 with'` an operating handle 24. Therefore, when the clutch member is shifted in an upward direction so that it engages with the clutch face 16, the A shaft 1 will drive the gear 14, communicating motion to the gears 12 and 13 in oplposite directions, the' gear 15 at this time rotating idly on the shaft 1. When the clutch is shifted in an opposite directlon so that it "engages with the clutch face of 'the gear 1'5, .the shaft 1 will drive the gear 15 directly and through it, the gears 12 and 13, the ear 14 at this time rotating idly on the sha t 1.

rlhe shafts 10 and 11 are rovided with pins 25 and'26 which receive tiie slotted portions 27 and 28 of the clutch sleeves 29 and 30. r1`he clutch sleeves are also provided with slots or notches 31 and 32 respectively to engage the pins 33 and 34 on the driven shafts 35 and 36 in line with the shafts 10 and 11. rlihe sleeves 29 and 3() are provided with circumferential grooves 37 and 38 to receive the forked portions 39 and 40 of the yoke-shapedy actuator A 41, which projects through the slots 42 and 43 in the side of the case and which is provided with a latch member 44V pivoted on the connecting bar of the U-shap-ed member and having a finger 45 which is adapted to engage on the respective sides of the stop 46 carried by the casting 4.

1t is obvious that if the clutch member 20 is in neutral position, the shaft 1 will rotate without imparting motion to any of the gears. .Whern however, the clutch memwill he held in proper cooperative relation.

- ll'hen it desired to shi'tt the power to the shalit 3G. the member 45 vvill be sivnng on the yoke -tl to move ont of engagement With the stop et@ so that the clutch yoke -tl can be shifted to Vthe right, releasing the sleeve 29 from engagement with the pin and causing the sleeve 30 to engage the pin 34 on the shat't 36 so that the shaft 236 will be rotated.

lt the clutch member 2O is caused to engage the gear le, the driven shat't will be operated in one direction and it the clutch member is caused to engage the gear l5, the driven shaft will be operated in a different direction. y

lt will be apparent that the povver can be conveniently communicated from the drive shaft to the driven shaft through the intermediate gears so that the selected drive shaft will operate in either direction and thel gears and clutches are so arranged that either driven shaft may have power communicated to it to the exclusion otn the other shaft to be driven.

The arrangement ot gearing above described particularly lends itself Jfor use in connection with Washing machines in which a Wringer may be driven by one shaft and a a mangle by the other.

lVhat l claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

l. 1 gearing comprising a drive shaft, spaced gears loosely mounted on the drive shaft and having clutch faces, a clutch member intermediate the gears and having clutch faces on its respective ends to alternately engage the clutch faces on the gears, mating gears at right angles to the first named gears and meshing therewith, stub shafts fixed to 'the last mentioned gears, aligning shafts for the stub shafts, and sleeved clutch members "for connecting the aligning shalts to the stub shafts.

2. ik gearing comprising a drive shaft, spaced gears loosely mounted on the drive shatt and having clutch faces, a clutch member intermediate the gears and ha fing clutch faces on its respective ends to alternately en mating at right angles (to the named gears and meshing therewith, stub shafts .Fixed to the last mentioned gears, aligning shafts tor the stab shatts, sleeved clutch members. and means 'for simultaneously actuating the clutch members to connect one aligning. shaft to its stub shatt and disconnect the other aligning shaft from its stub shaft.

fr gearing comprising a drive shaft, gears loosely7 mounted on the drive shaft, means for alternately clutching the gears to the drive shaft, mating driven gears meshing with the irst named gears, oppositely disposed shafts in axial alignment with and adapted to be driven by the driven gears, and connected clutch members tor alternately clutching one aligning shaft into driving engagement with a driven gear and releasing the other aligning shaft from engagement With a driven gear.

4. ln a gearing, a drive shaft, gears loosely mounted on the drive shaft and having clutch faces, a clutch member intermediate the gears and movable to alternately clutch' the respective gears to the drive shaft, mating gears in constant mesh with the first named gears, stub shafts driven by the mating gears, supplemental shafts in Yline With the stub shafts, clutch members sleeved on the stub shafts and the aligning shafts, a: yoke connected to said clutch members for moving one clutch member into clutching position and the other ont ot clutching position, a pivoted latch on the yoke for holding it against movement, and an abutment for engagement with the latch.

ln testimony whereof l afiix my signature.

HENRY SEBEN.

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